Blossoming Like A Rose In The RCP Tiburon Mile
Rose Pleskow, a Global Messenger for the Special Olympics, is certainly living up to her responsibilities and her own expectations. She represented the U.S.A. at the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games 1.5 km sea swim in Athens, Greece, her native state of Virginia at the Butterfield 800m Sea Swim in the Cayman Islands in the Caribbean Sea, and the Special Olympics of Virginia at yesterday’s RCP Tiburon Mile in San Francisco Bay. “It was great, I had a good time,” says Pleskow.
The personable 23-year-old ambassador of the sport, shown with her mother above, literally never stopped smiling before or after the 1 nautical mile swim in the cool, tidal-driven waters in San Francisco Bay. Pleskow was joined by Virginia teammates Luke Ferris and Jennifer Mitchell at the RCP Tiburon Mile.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Daily News of Open Water Swimming and founder of WOWSA. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010).
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